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Seeking justice after Suharto
February 8, 2008Indonesia’s former dictator General Suharto died in bed last month and not in jail, escaping justice for his numerous crimes in Indonesia and East Timor, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) charged. One of...
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In sanctuary, Mexican mother fights for dignity
February 8, 2008CHICAGO — Josué, 14, Juan, 11 and Paloma, 9, live with their grandmother in a small rural town in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. They have not seen their mother, Flor Crisostomo, 28, since she crossed...
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Bush budget proposal: Feed the Pentagon, starve the people
February 8, 2008President Bush proposed a record $3.1 trillion budget Feb. 4 that hands a whopping $515 billion to the military and slashes health care for seniors and other human needs programs. Opposition is boiling over in Congress,...
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World notes: Feb. 9, 2008
February 8, 2008Guatemala: Labor mobilizes for democratic rights Joined by regional unions, the International Trade Union Confederation organized an international conference Jan. 29-31 in Guatemala aimed at pressuring Guatemala’s government to end impunity for murderous attacks against trade...
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Belligerents and terrorists are different
February 6, 2008Commentary A 60-year sentence handed down Jan. 28 to Ricardo Palmera, a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), by a U.S. judge demonstrates abuse of the terrorist designation. In January 2004, the CIA...
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